Do most people prefer tight bass or non tight bass?

I want my bass to sound accurate.  I want a well recorded string bass to sound what I can hear live sitting close to a jazz trio, I want an electric  bass to sound like an electric bass, I want a pipe organ to sound like a real pipe organ in a real hall.  

Other than that, we are talking damping factor/speaker interaction.  They need to be matched perfectly whatever the combo.

End of discussion so far as I am concerned.

The problem is you can't tell whether or not the recording is realistic.  You can only tell if the sound produced by your system is realistic.  And that means compared to live.